[sudo-access] Door Card Reader Issues

Matthew Senate mattsenate at gmail.com
Thu Dec 10 17:26:23 PST 2015


Can someone who has amazon prime buy this one (or equivalent), so it will
arrive by Monday?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D3D3L8Y?keywords=usb%20magnetic%20stripe%20card%20reader&qid=1449796939&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I just talked to Tavio from Phat Beets, he had a few cards that did not
> seem to be working. I tested all three and got unreliable results. I got
> every combination of both light (green blink, green solid, red blink) and
> failure / success of opening latch.
>
> Especially of note, is that one card of a type I'm fairly certain does not
> work correctly, when swiped incorrectly, creates a red light, but also
> successfully opens the latch. This gives me the impression that an error
> code (rather than a card's unique code) has been incorrectly added to the
> whitelist!
>
> And overall, swiping is incredibly inconsistent even for my own card,
> which I know to have worked well for a long time.
>
> I'm going to buy at least one usb magnetic card reader right now, please
> join me in fixing this system so it works consistently, reliably, and
> securely ASAP.
>
> // Matt
>
>
>
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